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(informal) grandfather
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(informal) A father, a male parent.
The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.
(originally African-American Vernacular, Internet slang) An older male relative.
A man.
An adult male human.
(with the, invariable plural only) People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.
A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.
(uncountable) Forgiveness or compassion, especially toward those less fortunate.
A Zionist.
A soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, etc. and open at the top, used to hold food, commodities, and other goods.
A female given name from Hebrew, popular since the 16th century.
(slang, US) A five-dollar bill.
Any of four taxa of birds in the genus Nestor in the parrot family confined to New Zealand and adjacent islands.
(India) An uncle, especially one's father's younger brother.
(hypocoristic, usually childish, Canada, US) Mother, female parent.
A short river in western Shropshire, England, that joins the River Clun at the town of Clun.
Josip Broz Tito, a Yugoslav revolutionary and politician.
A father of someone's parent.
A son of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either a son of one's brother (fraternal nephew) or a son of one's sister (sororal nephew).
Son of the same parents as another person.
(Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand) Term of familiarity or respect for a middle-aged or elderly woman.
A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).
(in the narrow sense) The husband of one's biological mother after her initial marriage to or relationship with one's biological father.
A mother of someone's parent.
A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
Alternative spelling of granddad. [(informal) grandfather]
(informal) Grandmother.
A son of one's child.
Synonym of great-uncle.
A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
Alternative spelling of auntie. [(Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand) Term of familiarity or respect for a middle-aged or elderly woman.]
A female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered).
The wife of one's biological father, other than one's biological mother.
The son of one's stepparent by a previous relationship.
One’s female offspring.
A grandson of one's sibling; a son of one's nephew or niece. (Brother's grandson: fraternal grandnephew. Sister's grandson: sororal grandnephew.)
A surname.
(informal) A stepfather.
A male child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.
The daughter of someone's child.
A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
Alternative spelling of fiancée. [(formal, somewhat dated) A woman who is engaged to be married; the woman to whom one is engaged.]
The parent of someone's parent.
The son of one's spouse from a previous relationship.
A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.
Alternative spelling of fiancé. [A man who is engaged to be married; the man to whom one is engaged; an intended.]
(often childish) Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
(US, informal) Grandmother.
(US, informal) grandfather
grandfather
A female partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
(usually childish) Father.
A friend or casual acquaintance.
Alternative spelling of grandmamma. [(as a term of address) Grandmother.]
Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.
A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
A friend from one's school.
Synonym of great-aunt.
A brother or brother-in-law of one's father. (This entry is a translation hub.)
A half-brother of one's parent.
The brother of one's spouse.
An uncle of one's parent (i.e. a brother or brother-in-law of one's grandparent).
(nonstandard) The uncle of one's spouse.
Alternative form of stepuncle. [(rare) The brother of one's mother's husband (stepfather) or father's wife (stepmother).]
The sibling of one's spouse.
The half brother of one's spouse.
The brother of one's boyfriend or girlfriend.
A man who is one's uncle in two different ways, e.g. a brother of one parent and a brother-in-law of the other.
An uncle of one's grandparent (i.e. a brother or brother-in-law of one's great-grandparent)
The son or godson of one's godparent, or the godson of one's parent.
Husband or wife of one's cousin.
Alternative form of stepnephew. [(rare) The son of one's stepbrother or stepsister]
Someone's niece's husband
son of one's half brother or half sister
A child of a parent's sibling; a nephew or niece of a parent; a child of one's uncle or aunt.